From 5690b9f15b1a9acee4e5be8d33a6cea79998e2f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:42:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(build): narrow workflow directory detection

Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
---
 pkg/build/workflow.go      |  8 ++++++--
 pkg/build/workflow_test.go | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/build/workflow.go b/pkg/build/workflow.go
index e7185de..f3a8420 100644
--- a/pkg/build/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/build/workflow.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package build
 
 import (
 	"embed"
+	"strings"
 
 	"dappco.re/go/core/build/internal/ax"
 	io_interface "dappco.re/go/core/io"
@@ -188,10 +189,13 @@ func isWorkflowDirectoryPath(path string) bool {
 
 // isWorkflowDirectoryInput reports whether a workflow input should be treated
 // as a directory target. This includes explicit directory paths and bare names
-// without a file extension.
+// without path separators or a file extension.
 func isWorkflowDirectoryInput(path string) bool {
 	if isWorkflowDirectoryPath(path) {
 		return true
 	}
-	return path != "" && ax.Ext(path) == ""
+	if path == "" || ax.Ext(path) != "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !strings.ContainsAny(path, "/\\")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/build/workflow_test.go b/pkg/build/workflow_test.go
index 1b47dc7..397d3b7 100644
--- a/pkg/build/workflow_test.go
+++ b/pkg/build/workflow_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ func TestWorkflow_ResolveReleaseWorkflowPath_Good(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/project/ci/release.yml", ResolveReleaseWorkflowPath("/tmp/project", "ci"))
 	})
 
+	t.Run("keeps nested extensionless paths as files", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/project/ci/release", ResolveReleaseWorkflowPath("/tmp/project", "ci/release"))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("treats the current directory as a workflow directory", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/project/release.yml", ResolveReleaseWorkflowPath("/tmp/project", "."))
 	})
@@ -160,6 +164,12 @@ func TestWorkflow_ResolveReleaseWorkflowInputPath_Good(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/project/ci/release.yml", path)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("keeps nested extensionless paths as files", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path, err := ResolveReleaseWorkflowInputPath("/tmp/project", "ci/release", "")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/project/ci/release", path)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("accepts the current directory as the primary input", func(t *testing.T) {
 		path, err := ResolveReleaseWorkflowInputPath("/tmp/project", ".", "")
 		require.NoError(t, err)